Al-Mulk
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Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -
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[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in
deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -
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[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of
the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do
you see any breaks?
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Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled
while it is fatigued.
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And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made
[from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the
punishment of the Blaze.
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And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and
wretched is the destination.
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When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it
boils up.
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It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers
ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"
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They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said,
'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"
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And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we
would not be among the companions of the Blaze."
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And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions
of the Blaze.
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Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great
reward.
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And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that
within the breasts.
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Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?
( 15 )
It is He who made the earth tame for you - so walk among its slopes and
eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.
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Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not
cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?
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Or do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would
not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My
warning.
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And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My
reproach.
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Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and
[sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed
He is, of all things, Seeing.
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Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the
Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.
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Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision?
But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.
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Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks
erect on a straight path?
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Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and
vision and hearts; little are you grateful."
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Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to
Him you will be gathered."
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And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be
truthful?"
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Say, "The knowledge is only with Allah, and I am only a clear
warner."
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But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will
be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to
call."
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Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause
my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the
disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
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Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon
Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear
error."
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Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into
the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
Al-Qalam
( 1 )
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
( 2 )
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
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And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
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And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
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So you will see and they will see
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Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He
is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
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Then do not obey the deniers.
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They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften
[toward you].
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And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
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[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
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A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
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Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
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Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
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When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former
peoples."
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We will brand him upon the snout.
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Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden,
when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
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Without making exception.
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So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they
were asleep.
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And it became as though reaped.
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And they called one another at morning,
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[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
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So they set out, while lowering their voices,
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[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor
person."
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And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
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But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
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Rather, we have been deprived."
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The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you
not exalt [Allah]?' "
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They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
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Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
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They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
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Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we
are toward our Lord desirous."
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Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the
Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
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Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
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Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
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What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
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Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
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That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
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Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of
Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
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Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
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Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they
should be truthful.
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The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration
but the disbelievers will not be able,
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Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be
invited to prostration while they were sound.
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So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the
Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not
know.
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And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
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Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
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Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
( 48 )
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not
like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
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If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been
thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
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And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
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And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their
eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
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But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
Al-Haqqa
( 1 )
The Inevitable Reality -
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What is the Inevitable Reality?
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And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
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Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity.
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So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].
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And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
( 7 )
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so
you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm
trees.
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Then do you see of them any remains?
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And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.
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And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a
seizure exceeding [in severity].
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Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the
sailing ship
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That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear
would be conscious of it.
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Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
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And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow -
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Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,
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And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.
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And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your
Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
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That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is
anything concealed.
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So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say,
"Here, read my record!
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Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."
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So he will be in a pleasant life -
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In an elevated garden,
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Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.
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[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you
put forth in the days past."
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But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say,
"Oh, I wish I had not been given my record
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And had not known what is my account.
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I wish my death had been the decisive one.
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My wealth has not availed me.
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Gone from me is my authority."
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[Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.
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Then into Hellfire drive him.
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Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
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Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great,
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Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.
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So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend
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Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;
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None will eat it except the sinners.
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So I swear by what you see
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And what you do not see
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[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger.
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And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
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Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.
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[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
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And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
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We would have seized him by the right hand;
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Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
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And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.
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And indeed, the Qur'an is a reminder for the righteous.
( 49 )
And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.
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And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.
( 51 )
And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.
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So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.
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